Test 9 · ★ · White lies and kind silence

nan knitted me an ugly jumper, what do i even say

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: nan, i · What happens: knit, say · To what, where: ugly jumper, me · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 196 «White lies and kind silence» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nan	nan	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 knitted	nsubj
2	knitted	knit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 knitted	obj
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 jumper	det
5	ugly	ugly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 jumper	amod
6	jumper	jumper	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 knitted	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 say	punct
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 say	obj
9	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 say	aux
10	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 say	nsubj
11	even	even	ADV	_	12 say	advmod
12	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 jumper	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	knit	past	nan	a ugly jumper	me				vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP PP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary jumper=Product
2	say speech: assert	present · do-support	i	a ugly jumper					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1

Say you'll wear it every day, then hide it at the back of a drawer

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 wear	nsubj
3	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 wear	aux
4	wear	wear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Say	ccomp
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wear	obj
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 day	det
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wear	obl:unmarked
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 hide	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 hide	advmod
10	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Say	parataxis
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 hide	obj
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 back	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 back	det
14	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hide	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 drawer	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 drawer	det
17	drawer	drawer	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 back	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	wear	future	you	it		day	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	hide	infinitive		it	the back of a drawer	then	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Patient at back=Location

Option 2

Tell her it's ugly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Tell	iobj
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 ugly	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 ugly	cop
5	ugly	ugly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Tell	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		her = she				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
2	is	present	it					ugly property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Thank her warmly for the thought and effort

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thank	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Thank	obj
3	warmly	warmly	ADV	_	1 Thank	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 thought	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 thought	det
6	thought	thought	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Thank	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 effort	cc
8	effort	effort	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thought	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	thank speech: thank	present			her = she			for the thought and effort; warmly property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent she=Theme for thought=Attribute

Option 4

Give it straight back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Give	iobj
3	straight	straight	ADV	_	4 back	advmod
4	back	back	ADV	_	1 Give	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	imperative	you not said here	it					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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